§ 785.01 Definitions
§ 785.02 Power of court to punish for contempt of court
§ 785.03 Procedure
§ 785.04 Sanctions authorized
§ 785.05 Limitation on imprisonment
§ 785.06 Court commissioners, municipal courts and administrative agencies
§ 785.07 Contempt orders imposing confinement

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 785 - Contempt of court

  • Administrator: means the administrator of the division. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Affirmative action: means specific actions in employment which are designed and taken for the purposes of all of the following:
      (a)    Ensuring equal opportunities. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Agency: means any board, commission, committee, council, or department in state government or a unit thereof created by the constitution or statutes if such board, commission, committee, council, department, unit, or the head thereof, is authorized to appoint subordinate staff by the constitution or statute, except the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, a legislative or judicial board, commission, committee, council, department, or unit thereof or an authority created under subch. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • appointing authority: means the chief administrative officer of an agency unless another person is authorized to appoint subordinate staff in the agency by the constitution or statutes. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Bureau: means the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the division. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Civil service: means all offices and positions of trust or employment in the service of the state, except offices and positions in the organized militia and the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Classified service: means the classified service of the civil service. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Commission: means the employment relations commission. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Director: means the director of the bureau. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Disabled veteran: means a veteran who has a service-connected disability. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Division: means the division of personnel management in the department of administration. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Position: means a group of duties and responsibilities in either the classified or the unclassified divisions of the civil service, which require the services of an employee on a part-time or full-time basis. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Promulgate: when used in connection with a rule, as defined under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Qualified: when applied to any person elected or appointed to office, means that such person has done those things which the person was by law required to do before entering upon the duties of the person's office. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Unclassified service: means the unclassified service of the civil service. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • veteran: means any of the following:
  •       (a)    A person who served on active duty under honorable conditions in the U. See Wisconsin Statutes 230.03
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01